Today, the ocean is known to be filled with about 165 million tons of plastic, so 25 times heavier than the Great Pyramid of Giza.<br />Ellen MacArthur Foundation published a report predicting that by 2050, plastic in the oceans will outweigh fish.<br />One of the reasons is that plastic use has risen in the last 50 years, and it continues to increase.<br />We don’t reuse as many plastics as we could so it goes into landfills that can pollute the oceans.<br />The report says that the amount of plastic is “equivalent to dumping the contents of one garbage truck into the ocean every minute”.<br />Recycling plastic packaging could significantly decrease the amount that goes into the oceans.<br />Today, we only recycle 14% of plastic packaging and it’s the biggest source of ocean pollution. <br />Reusing plastic packaging could also help businesses as they’re spending about $80 billion a year to make new plastics. <br />Recycling is our best solution to prevent having more plastic than fish in our oceans.
